Graphitized carbon-coated vanadium carbide nanoboscages modified by nickel with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution in both acid and alkaline solutions

• DOI: 10.1039/c7ta07275a
• Publication Date: 2017-09-27T13:03:26Z
• Authors: Lishan Peng; Jingjun Shen; Ling Zhang; Yao Wang; Rui Xiang; Jing Li; Li Li; Zidong Wei
• Keywords: Vanadium carbide; Carbon fibers

Three-dimensional Ni-modified VC nanoboscages with graphitic carbon coating structures were controllably synthesized as a highly active HER catalyst by inventively employing metallic Ni crystalline inducer.